SPONSORS OF TYNE & TEES FEATURE
INCREASE IN VESSELS JUSTIFIES NEW DEEPWATER
The family-run firm, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, saw its vessel numbers almost double to 150 last year and is on course to smash that figure with 53 ships recorded in the first quarter of this year.
£10M EXPANSION PROGRAMME It comes as the offshore support specialist is undergoing a £10m expansion programme which includes the creation of a new deepwater quay at its North Sea Supply Base terminal and the opening of its intermodal rail terminal the tees Riverside Intermodal park (tRIp) at its 100-acre site at Middlesbrough’s Riverside park, in teesside.
FACILITY SPECIFICATIONS the new £3.2m quay is due to be completed this summer and will boast water depths of up to 8.5m and will be 150m long, allowing larger vessels to take advantage of Dawson’s one-stop-shop services and taking the overall quay length at AV Dawson’s riverside terminals to 750m.
PERFECT TIMING
Gary Dawson, managing director of the company said; “The timing of the new deepwater quay is perfect to take advantage of the opportunities we’re seeing in energy markets, both offshore oil and gas and renewables. We will be able to accommodate conventional ships in the 12,000 tonne bracket and the larger offshore support and specialist project vessels all of which require 8m plus of water and are up to 25m wide. We are also receiving an unprecedented level of enquiries for quayside and associated warehousing and open storage.
Gary Dawson and New Quay Piling Works
“Running parallel with the quay development is a major rebuild of our heavy lift crane. The Rosenkranz crane will lift 215 tonnes at 18m radius, enabling the lifting of A-Frames and Deployment Towers to supply vessels without the need for expensive hire cranes.”
ESTABLISHED CLIENTS
The investment is perfectly timed for companies wanting to bring in project vessels for mob- and de-mob. Clients
for our marine operations allowing us to benefit from the excellent on-site facilities for asset and cable storage, equipment maintenance, transportation and the extensive deep-water quayside.”
The new quay will also be attractive to Dawson’s conventional markets in dry bulk aggregates, fertilisers, and steel goods with companies benefitting from cheaper sea freight by charting larger vessels into the supply base. It will also
who have established their marine bases with AV Dawson include subsea energy companies, Modus Seabed Intervention, Reef Subsea and energy cable laying company, and most recently prysmian powerLink Services.
QUAY ON THE TEES Specialist logistics firm AV Dawson is continuing to see major growth in the marine and offshore sectors with a surge in the number of vessels it handles.
In the UK prysmian manufactures energy cables for low voltage to extremely high voltage applications, and with the recent acquisition of Global Marine Systems Energy now rebranded as prysmian powerLink Services – it offers the complete cable installation and protection solution.
NORTH SEA SUPPLY BASE BENEFITS Justin Hewlett, prysmian’s Asset and Survey Systems Manager, added; “The North Sea Supply Base is an ideal choice
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